Sharia, the Islamic legal code, is devoted to regulating the life of Muslims in every detail --- sex, food, art, business, education, prayer, manners, speech and how to think and not to think. All aspects of life---religion, politics, ethics, culture---are within the bounds of Sharia. It is the operating manual for a complete civilization. And the civilization of Sharia is not just different, it contradicts our civilization.
THE CIVILIZATION OF ISLAM
One of the clearest lessons about Islam is found in the Sharia. The largest part of the Sharia is devoted to regulating the life of Muslims down to the smallest detail. There is no aspect of life that is not regulated-sex, food, art, business, education, prayer, manners, speech and how to think and not to think. There is no aspect of life that is outside the power of Sharia-religion, politics, ethics, culture are included. The Sharia is the operating manual for a complete civilization. Islam is complete within itself and needs nothing from the outside.
The Sharia has one other quality that is as important as the totality of its scope. The civilization of Sharia is not just different, it contradicts our civilization.
Inside Islam justice, religion, politics, law, human rights and compassion do not mean what they mean to us. All of these ideas are based on the principles of submission and duality as found in the Sharia.
OUR CIVILIZATION
Our civilization is based on the principles of the Golden Rule and critical thought. We do not always fulfill the principles, but they are the ideals we strive for, and can be used for debate and self-criticism to correct and improve our culture.
Our principles lead to the ideals of critical thought, self-criticism, equality of all peoples before the law, freedom of thought and ideas, freedom of religion, public debate, separation of church and state, liberal democracy and a free-ranging humor.
These are beautiful ideals and they are worth keeping and striving towards. Do we meet them? No, but what is more important they contradict the Sharia. It is one thing to fail to achieve these ideals, but it is entirely another to see them disappear as a public option under the impact of Sharia. Sharia law limits critical thought, self-criticism, equality of all peoples before the law, freedom of thought and ideas, freedom of religion, public debate, separation of church and state, liberal democracy and humor.
CIVILIZATIONAL WAR
Part of the genius of Islam is the totality of Sharia, which includes a concept of war that attacks the host civilization at every aspect of its being. In modern times the military power of Islam is weak, but this is more than compensated by its ability to attack along legal and cultural lines under the guise of being a religion.
As Sharia is applied to a society, the host civilization is annihilated in each and every manifestation of culture. This annihilation is demonstrated by a peculiar fact about the history of Islamic countries-part of it is missing. Afghanistan used to be a Buddhist civilization. We see its remnants in ruins and fragments such as the Bamiyan Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban. Who knows the Buddhist history of Afghanistan? Practically speaking, it does not exist. Who knows the history of how Turkey, North Africa, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq went from being Christian to Islamic?
We don't know the history because of the total annihilation of the past cultures by Sharia law. As time goes on customs, law, art, literature, and ethics of the host culture are replaced by Islamic values under the application of Sharia. The result is that there is nothing left of the history before the implementation of Sharia law.
There is a second aspect of this annihilation---the dhimmitude of the Kafirs (non-Muslims) remaining inside Islamic society. If you talk to Christians who are left in Islamic countries, they are an abused people who are unable to fight back after centuries of suffering and degradation under Sharia law. They are not supported by other Kafirs and are left to suffer under the oppression that will eliminate their few numbers. Whatever memory they have of the past is ignored by those who should be defending them.
If we are to go down the Sharia road, history teaches that it has always led to an Islamic mono-culture. In the end, there is no such thing as a little Sharia.
Bill Warner is the Director of the Center for the Study of Political Islam. This article first appeared on the American Thinker Website.
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written by vbv , August 28, 2010
written by duh_swami , August 28, 2010
acceptance...For Islam in the US, full freedom of religion and full application of sharia. cannot co-exist...much of sharia is already illegal in th US...
written by ChrisLA , August 28, 2010
For a line-by-line analysis of the disconnects between Sharia Law and the U.S. Constitution go to: http://www.annaqed.com/en/cont...&aid=16242
written by waterwillows , August 28, 2010
Aside from being terrorist bait, the growth of a weirdo cult is not desirable. They have been granted plenty of time to show who they are. Time's up.
It is without question, that their writings condemm them as traitors against any sitting government, local or federal.
They looney left may wish to pursue a policy of annihilationism of the American culture, due mostly to their having little backbone, but this is not the will of the people. And this inaction towards the death cult will not only impact every man, women and child in America, but will savagely impact big business as well. Is there any business in muslim countries? Nope.
It will cost in jobs and opportunitues for Americans. It will completely destroy the entertainment industry. Note playboy editor to get two years in Malaysia jail. Though I don't feel much sympathy for him, it is an indication of where the movie industry will be pushed.
No sharia, no mosques and no death cult. Let's roll.
written by Healer_999 , August 28, 2010
Most people talk about terrorism by Muslims to show Islam is violent. They simply do not understand that violence is just one face of Islam. It can be understood completely when one learns what it says about those who do not follow Islam.
One simple way is to look at the divine law (Sharia Law or Fiqh which is an expansion of Sharia) and its laws with regard to Kafirs (Kuffar).
http://resistance-to-totalitar...s-can.html
Above one should give one an idea about Islam.
written by waterwillows , August 28, 2010
Any decent proscutor, worth his salt, could point by many points show Islam as not a religion; therefore not protected.
The facts are evident, Islam is so upside-down from anything at all that might be considered a religion, it is laughable and treason itself, to consider otherwise. It should be stripped of its status and granted no protection.
These people who wish to build the Murder Mosque on GZ need to be taken to account for their crimes against the Constitution of America.
The laws of America guarantee the personal freedom of its people. Those who intend to violate these laws need to be proscuted to the full extent of the law.
written by vbv , August 28, 2010
written by duh_swami , August 29, 2010
That sounds good, but how would you enforce it?
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written by duh_swami , August 29, 2010
Besides that I see no practical purpose in learning Arabic...It has no magical properties...
written by Mule , August 29, 2010
written by Mule , August 29, 2010
I thought that was Sharia law?
written by fineliving56 , August 29, 2010
written by Archpagan , September 01, 2010
written by duh_swami , September 01, 2010
You are right about what America ought to do, but America is not yet ready to do it...Do you support the building of this mosque? Why would you object to Americans 'agitating' over it?
written by duh_swami , September 01, 2010
That statement cancels itself out...Beside's 'freedom of religion' in the US is not an absolute
'Any decent proscutor, worth his salt, could point by many points show Islam as not a religion; therefore not protected'.
Islam is a recognized religion, and qualifies for a religious tax exemption...
'The laws of America guarantee the personal freedom of its people. Those who intend to violate these laws need to be proscuted to the full extent of the law'.
Which laws do they intend' to violate?
Do you live in America? Have you read the US Constitution?
You have the right idea, but you need to refine it a little better...
written by waterwillows , September 02, 2010
This is a must do, of immediate concern: remove the tax exempt status. Let the saudi pay the full pop for operating this nasty business.
Any decent lawyer could put Islam on trial tomorrow and any government could begin treason investigations and trials.
written by duh_swami , September 02, 2010
Have you not been listening? A good portion of US society does not trust Islam, and all kinds of writers have condemned Islam as you suggest, and it has been suggested to redefine the tax free status...As long as America has Islamo-soft elitists in charge, any good lawyer would be silenced in court...The judge could just rule that the truth of Islam is not allowed in evidence...That is what has happen in the Wilders trial in the Netherlands...It has been declared that the truth is no defense, because telling the truth about Islam is illegal...America is not to that point yet but Islamo-soft elite politicians are working on it...So far they have refused to put Islam on trial in any reason at all...
written by duh_swami , September 02, 2010
written by waterwillows , September 02, 2010
hmmm......never, say never. I would also add that Islam is a 'religion' recognized by muslims only. So keep it in their lands.
It is not recognized in western lands and becoming more so, each passing day.
Why would I not be surprised if, just like muslims do in their countries, their brand of belief is banned or curtailed in the west?
written by duh_swami , September 02, 2010
Islam is recognized as a valid religion by the IRS...If that was not the case, there would be no tax exemption...And I didn't say 'never', I said...'that will not happen...at least not anytime soon'...
And you did not answer any of my three questions...
1.. Which laws do they intend' to violate?
2.. Do you live in America?
3...Have you read the US Constitution?
written by waterwillows , September 02, 2010
Make no mistake about it. People are on to Islam in the west. Do not think that a decent leader in not in the works. These lefty useful idiots will not continue to hold sway.
It is the government who controls the IRS and the wingnuts now in power will not always be in power, so rules can always be adjusted and errors can be fixed. The west is not stagnant, like muslim countries.
1. For starters I would ask the question which laws do they not violate. What is considered general decent standards is not done in Islam. Every evil under the sun, Islam makes legal. Too many for a short answer.
2. It does not matter where I live.
3. A long time ago I read it. Though it is easy enough to refresh.
written by duh_swami , September 02, 2010
It matters to me or I wouldn't have asked...but if you want to keep it a secret, that's your decision...
The rest of your post was pretty much accurate...
written by Reed Wilson , September 19, 2010
. There no such impositions. In food only four things are forbidden.
You are right to this extent that Muslims are not following Quran and have adopted Mishna-like Sharia. God does not endorse it. Please read Quran, 42:21 which condemns man made Sharia laws.
If you have read Quran, you can appreciate that there is no such divine interference. Righteousness is the only requirement.
written by Zenbo , November 08, 2010
A convicted terrorist who took over the leadership of an Indonesian Islamist group after the arrest of patriarch Abu Bakar Bashir vowed on Friday to wage violent jihad against the police.
Mochammad Achwan has been named leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), a radical Islamist group, to replace Bashir after the firebrand 78-year-old cleric was arrested this month for allegedly financing a terrorist organisation.
A shoemaker turned Islamist militant, Achwan was convicted for the bombing of the iconic Borobudur Buddhist temple in Java in 1985 and an attempted bombing of Bali's famous Kuta tourist beach in 1986.
He spent 15 years in jail before being pardoned in 1999 and released in 2000, but says he has no intention of giving up his Muslim "obligation" to wage violent jihad ("holy war") for the introduction of Islamic or sharia law.
"Why would I give up the fight after all these years? It's an obligation for all Muslims to fully apply the sharia. I'm here to make sure that happens," Achwan said in an interview with The Jakarta Post.
Muhammad's doctrine of taysir is that all Muslims are obligated to enforce Sharia law, unless there are not enough Muslims to enforce it. Sharia can be dispensed until there are enough Muslims to enforce it. So, the Muslims living in the U.S. may have come here to avoid or escape submission to Sharia law (and thus considered "peaceful"), but they will be under obligation (under penalty of death as apostates) if the global jihad declares the U.S. a Muslim country and jihadists start their threatened terrorist attacks within the U.S. By the escalation of declaratory rhetoric, they seem to think they are almost in a position to do so.
